John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 16:9

"And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin." — 2 Kings 16:9 (ASV)

And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him
Complied with his request:

for the king of Syria went up against Damascus, and took it ;
the metropolis of the kingdom of Syria, and so made a powerful diversion in favour of the king of Judah:

and carried the people of it captive to Kir ;
not Cyrene, as the Vulgate Latin version, a country belonging to Egypt, which the king of Assyria had no power over; but a place in upper Media, as Josephus ^F16 relates, which belonged to the Assyrian king; see (Isaiah 22:6) , compared with (2 Kings 21:2) , of this captivity Amos had prophesied some time before, (Amos 1:5)

and slew Rezin ;
the king of Syria, which also was foretold in the same prophecy.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F16: Antiqu. l. 9. c. 12. sect. 3.